Motor bike tyres

How much trouble do you get quietly poking about with tyres ( punctures) on motor bikes. Know a few blokes/gals use them for prospecting, and I'll ask the question are they better/ worse than a quad ?

Send a PM to nuggiedreamer otherwise known as Dieter/Deet. He loves his bikes and can put you onto tyres.

Cheers

Salt-d, Bush bashed with a 125 Suzuki in WA for years, never had one puncture.
Gathering dust in the shed now, looking for a new home for anyone interested.

Have replied Phil/Sandra, your trailer looks the part.

Thanks for replies, Nightjar that's about the type of bike have in mind, Quad be nice but don't want to tow a trailer. new Yamaha AG125 $3500 may be the go.

salt-d wrote:Thanks for replies, Nightjar that's about the type of bike have in mind, Quad be nice but don't want to tow a trailer. new Yamaha AG125  $3500 may be the go.

salt-d, I'm not going to take the bike from Nightjar. I'm heading in the other direction.

Phil

salt-d wrote:How much trouble do you get quietly poking about with tyres ( punctures)  on motor bikes. Know a few blokes/gals use them for prospecting, and I'll ask the question are they better/ worse than a quad ?

I used a postie bike for a few seasons and never had one flat tyre, although I did fit it with knobbly tyres, I think they were either 6 or 8 ply chinese ones, and thicker thorn proof inner tubes, and put slime in as well, anyway they were as tough as bags, the one thing with a bike and only having two wheels is you can pick your way through the scrub better than you can on a quad, since having the quad I have had many punctures even though I try to be careful is hard to watch where all four wheels are going at the same time.

The upside of the quad is its a better more comfortable ride and you can carry more gear, and as they are tubeless tyres they are easily fixed in the field, I carry a plugging kit and small 12v compressor on the quad so that I can do a quick repair on the spot as often its not until you get back to it after detecting that you see either a flat tyre or a stick hanging out of it , usually only takes about 15 mins to have it sorted.

au-fever

Thanks for the replies. Will buy new if go ahead as like the idea that it may be reliable. won't need to tow trailer with a motor bike which is a plus.